i was with lowell weicher last night, a republican from connecticut. he's for obama now. colin powell. there's nobody in a lot of ways to do business with because the republican party's become very strong on the right so one of the arguments i think of bringing a base out in the last days is even if you're a little disappointed in my performance as president, imagine if i'm not here, this could happen. it's a way to bring young people, latinos, the women's vote up, i think. >> you write in the article, there's this great moment about being at a rally and seeing two young african-american girls and bringing them up so they could meet the president. >> one behind me was an 11-year-old girl and the other side was 14. i was with my own kids but allowed these two young people to come in and the president's working the rope line, and this 11-year-old wanted her shirt signed with a sharpie. he signed it but when he got to the 14-year-old, he said 14's too old to be ruining your clothes. you have a nice shirt, you got to take care of that. it was very unusual because most preside